Not exact matches
I just
finished Amy's
book and I need to make a weighted list of what I want in a companion,
get my hair properly styled,
get some great, happy, approachable pictures of myself and write my
new, super profile!!
As eager as I am to continue with my
new story, I need to
get back to
finishing up Lovers,
book 5 in my Serve and Submit Series.
This
book will help writers and
new authors
get up to speed on what they should be doing LONG BEFORE their
book is
finished.
The central metaphor in the
book is that of a half -
finished map: the moment a
new island or country
gets charted by cartographers, it becomes reduced in some indefinable way... and that's sad.
We've
got specific suggestions, Do's and Don'ts, and so much energy and excitement for this
new world of publishing that by the time you
finish reading, you'll be ready to take the steps to put your manuscript out into the world as a published
book.
I want to make it a tough one, so my aim this month is to
get 10
books up on Kindle and to have worked on 10
books in my
new ebook editing business (nearly -
finished website is here).
This tendency toward perfectionism can be crippling as
new authors try to
get the first drafts of their
books finished.
Gordon Burgett presents How to Write Your
Book's First Draft posted at Gordon Burgett, saying, «
New writers, particularly of
books, simply waste a ton of time and too often
get lost on the way to
finishing their first draft.
Let me clarify, I pretty much
finished all of the major elements of the room outside of
new book storage but I didn't
get to do all of the fun accessorizing and styling that I enjoy so much.